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Appreciate the detailed reply, that all makes sense. I expected Argentina to win, but in most cases I'm not used to the MNT to be completely outclassed and blown out on the scoreboard. We've certainly been dominated before but we've always been able to do enough little things to keep the score respectable, and the style of play we played last night doesn't seem that different than how we always play against better teams so it seemed a bit jarring, yet not unexpected.
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6/22 Cards (Wacha) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 ABC
UMFan83 replied to bukie's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Come back Dex, Jorge and even Seal Boy -
So I love soccer, watch soccer, enjoy soccer, but I'm definitely not at the point where I can understand nuances in the game so maybe you guys can help me understand better... What is the difference between 2016 Argentina that destroyed us 4-0 and 2009 Spain who we beat 2-0 in a knockout round? I mean I know the Spain result was a fluke, we likely had no business beating them. But regardless of the actual result, we hung with Spain who hadn’t lost in like 3 years prior to that. And this despite doing the typical American hang back and attack on the counter, which is what we have done against good teams for years and still do. But in this game, we didn't belong on the same field as Argentina. So is it.... A) Spain result was the flukiest fluke ever, we should have been creamed, Spain wasn’t taking us seriously, etc B) We are less talented (or at least less cohesive as a team) than the 2009 Confed team C) Wood, Jones and Bedoya suspensions made a big difference D) This Argentina team is so much better than that Spain team E) This result was flukiest fluke ever F) The style of football that Argentina played is less likely to result in fluky results like the Spain game. G) Something else?
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for me it's hard to choose between the broadcast going to great lengths to not point out who (Birnbaum) made the horrendous giveaway on the 3rd goal, or the color guy showering Klinsmann with adulation for only wasting a full half on Wondo before inserting Pulisic into an already decided result I vote for "audio is still 1-2 seconds ahead of the video as it has been for the entire tournament"
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Cardinals are better than the Mets and Dodgers but okay. Only on here is a team with the 4th best run differential in baseball "mediocre". Here they come rising from the sewage to defend their inferior team.
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Not a bad idea. We'd wipe the floor with this team in a playoff series
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We have 7 losses in our last 15 games but 5 of the 7 have been 1 run losses. Terrible luck
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We had runners on in 8 of 9 innings and scored only 3 runs
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2 straight 1 run losses to the Cardinals with 1000 base runners unable to score is about as painful as 2 losses can be in June Oh well cardinals aren't going to make the playoffs so whatever
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Glad to see Russell looking better I will cry if Almora GIDP
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Kinda do for home field in the playoffs SF isnt going away Every playoff series we've ever seen the Cubs win they didn't have homefield advantage. Yeah I kind of enjoy being the consensus best team in baseball and websites creating sub pages to track our run to history but all I truly care about is winning the World Series. I know we are great either way even if it's not in a 116 win way.
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Chill guys Cardinals morons are on here trolling for things to make them feel even better about themselves. Stick to comments about how shitty their little town is and how embarrassing it must be to tell people they live there.
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horsefeathers contact hitters!2!2'snxnfif
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I'd like to see Rizzo run here if the count dictates it but Maddon doesn't seem to be nearly as aggressive
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I miss the Voltron lineup
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The only thing we are playing for is whether we are is whether we are a historic team or just a run of the mill 105 win team.
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I feel like these 2 games are identical. Cardinals take a multiple run lead, Cubs get to within one early then fail to hit with RISP the rest of the game to bring in the tying run
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Cardinals World Series is looking good for them.
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Another AB in a big spot for Heyward
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Baez. But it's a righty anyway. Thanks Matheny Although the strategy might have been to keep Coghlan in the game for his shitty defense, betting that cogs wouldn't come through
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I was like, ok double we can easily get that in. Almora really should have moved the runner over instead of hitting away imo
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Who do we even have to come in as a righty here? No way Coghlan takes an important Ab against a lefty right
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Frustrating couple of games offensively. Having contact hitters is great until they keep hitting grounders with a runner on first.
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Wondo was a stroke of genius for Jurgen
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Again he's a 5th starter and his ERA is lower than maybe 15 teams aces. He's frustrating in the sense that were not used to our starters ever giving up runs but as a 5th starter he is great. You will get great games and you will get garbage games. It happens
